"They like a game of bingo, like partying, they like a day at the seaside. They never grew old - they always stayed young."

They put their long life down to a healthy diet of porridge, no smoking or drinking, and no powder or paint as they call it.

The sisters are thought to be the oldest twins in Northern Ireland.

Magherafelt has a reputation for famous twins, the tallest identical twins ever recorded, at 7 foot 2 inches tall were the Knipe Brothers. The Derry brothers toured London as ‘the Gigantic Irish Twins’ in 1784.